Seven people have been reportedly killed while a student of the Government Science Secondary School Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna state escaped with a bullet in separate attacks by terrorists on Saturday. Fifty seven people were also said to have been abducted by the terrorists. Ibrahim Nagwari, chairman of the Birnin Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance,…
Six people have been reportedly killed by gunmen in an attack on Wereng village, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident which was said to have occurred on Thursday at about 10:45pm also left people severely injured. The Chairman of Riyom LGA, Mr. Mafeng Gwalson, confirmed the attack, describing it as sad and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has asked Nigerians to embrace the electronic currency, eNaira, as it is a legal tender representing the naira. Mohammed Musa, a Deputy Director in the apex bank, stated this on Thursday in Kaduna at a sensitisation campaign of traders on the use of the electronic currency. He said the electronic…
The Nigerian Air Force has taken delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the US. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the aircraft arrived Kano state at about 12.34pm. He said the Minister…
By Prof. Danladi Matawal SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO A LOST ERA OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN NIGERIA (A Paper presented by Professor Danladi S. Matawal, at the Annual General Meeting/Cheetah Awards of Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA), which held from May 19-21, 2022 at Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa state and the Shehu Musa YarAdua Centre, Abuja, respectively. Synopsis: Education…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sacked five ministers from his cabinet. The President also announced the appointment of seven new ministers. The sacked ministers, according to a statement by Dada Olusegun, special adviser to the President on Social Media, include, Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism, Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister…
